The Fiji's and the fire
Phi Gamma Delta met with a tragedy early Wednesday morning. The fire which destroyed their house took with it many items which cannot be replaced.
Half-completed term papers and projects, books, class notes, and clothing are gone, and our sympathies are with those Phi Gams who lost these almost irreplaceable items.
But many members of the KU student body and administration turned out to help. From the open doors of Templin Hall and all the fraternities, to coffee and doughnuts from neighbors, citizens of the University community wanted to do all they could.
Oliver Hall women volunteered to type term papers lost in the fire. Offers of clothing poured in from parents and various houses on campus. Books will be loaned to the Phi Gams by the Kansas Union Bookstore.
Response to the homeless men's need was overwhelming, and rightly so. Thanks to the help and encouragement of the KU student body, the Phi Gams may survive the losses and final week. The Editors
Auschwitz Revisited
It was only a few days ago that Louisiana's Congressman Hebert, Louisiana's hawk-inresidence, shocked Americans by his call to "Forget the first amendment!" and silence dissent on the Vietnam war.
But now comes Texas' Joe Pool with what, apparently, is a plan to implement Hebert's ideas. Proving once again that it means trouble to have Pool in Democra-City the kindly old congressman urged "concentration camps" to detain opponents of the war.
In a typically Poilish statement quoted by United Press International, the self-styled patriot's answer to Captain America urged the President to declare a state of war. This, he chortled, would bring "peaceniks" under sedition laws.
"Then, if they persisted in their actions, the Justice Department could move to put them into concentration camps and leave them there for the duration of the war."
We wonder why nobody thought of this before. Come to think of it someone did. Guatemalan officials think they have captured Martin Bormann, the right hand man of Adolf Hitler in the closing years of World War Two.
No doubt if we adopt Pool's idea we could appoint this man, with his own vast experience in running "concentration camps," to properly detain the "peaceniks."
If we return to that kind of philosophy it would be absurd to lose Bormann's unique talents the way we cast away Adolf Eichmann's.
(A noteworthy aside: There are still normally rational men and women at this late date in the nineteen hundreth and sixty seventh year of our escalation who still insist that the United States is not in danger of falling victim to the evil that is war fever and its attendant scourge of militarism.)
Reprinted from the Colorado Daily
The people say—
To the Editor:
Recently, we Centennial College students were forced to submit to a two-hour questionnaire concerning our college life, and academic aspirations. This in itself was understandable, as the administration wanted to know how their little experiment was finally working.
But here's my question: what do my own political and religious views have to do with the success of CC? The questionnaire pinned me down as to Protestant (and
what brand of that, even), Catholic, or atheist; Democrat, Republican, or Communist, and even asked me how my home life was, and if I thought dropping the A-bomb on Hiroshima was morally right. Question 190 wanted to know, of all things, if I experienced any pleasure listening to classical music. Unless CC is planning on branching into sociological research, I think these questions are totally unnecessary and pretty nosy.
MAYBE SOME eccentric psychologist or sociologist in high places needs this information to complete his graduate thesis on college morals, but why is it mixed in with relatively pertinent questions, and labelled as the "proof of the pudding" for Centennial College?
I have no assurance that they'll keep the information confidential, and, to me, this incident hits closer to home than those Keystone Kops taking pictures of the marchers, as it is the University itself that in invading privacy.
Marc Fisher
"You Say You Got This From A Mr. Jim Garrison?"
Topeka, Freshman
Official Bulletin
Sigma Xi Banquet, 6:30 p.m. Speaker (7:30 p.m.) Immunel Veltikovsky, "Orthodoxy in Science Nonconformity in Light Space Age Discoveryes."
TODAY
Experimental Theatre, 8:20 p.m.
"The Wicked Cooked."
Ph.D. Final Exam; 2:30 p.m. Charles
L. Douglas, zoology, 6042 Dyche.
TOMORROW
Lecture. 9:30 a.m. Immunael Velkovsky, "Problem in Cataclysmic Evolution." 231 Malott; 11:30 a.m., "Implications in Biblical History." Methodist Student Center; 4:30 p.m., "Should Ancient Chronology be Revised?" Panel: Dr. Vellkovsky, Dr. Haviland Dr. Saver, KU Forum
Chancellor's ROTC Review, 3:30 p.m.
Memorial Stadium.
Muslum Society, Friday Prayers, 2:30 p.m. Student Union.
Lecture, 3:30 p.m. Bernard Saltzberg, Tulane U. "Mathematical Methods . . . Brainwave Activities," 200 Learned.
Popular Film, 7 & 9:30 p.m. "Beck*et" Dvche Aud.
Experimental Theatre, 8:20 p.m.
"The Wicked Cooks."
$12,000 dress
HOLLYWOOD — (UPI) — Vanessa Redgrave's wedding dress in "Camelot" will cost Warner Bros. $12,000.
Daily Kansan Thursday, May 18, 1967
The Hill With It by john hill
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"O pray tell me," said the freshman to the upperclassman, "how to study for final exams."
"Sure, kid," said the upperclassman, "I can show you a few of the basic fundamentals of how to punt, pad, and generally snow."
"COME AGAIN?"
"I said I'll help you punt—you know, fake it—on exams that you're not ready for, pad your answers when necessary, and generally snow your teachers as much as possible," he said, with complete sincerity.
"Gee. . . . that would be keen. But how is it that you know all about these things?"
The upperclassman modestly flicked a speck of dirt off one of his penniless loafers, as he casually leaned against the side of his Mustang.
"Well, when you've been on the circuit as long as I have..."
"SAY, YOU'RE NOT that famous upperclassman . . . that campus stud extraordinaire . . . that human snow-job. . . that legendary—"
"Gosh. . . are you really Blue McCool?"
"Yeah, kid. Snowed, aren't ya? Well, don't worry about it, it's understandable," he yawned. "But I'll be glad to tell you how to get ready for Final Exams.
The awed freshman nodded.
"FIRST OF ALL, I presume you've been around long enough to have learned how to kid yourself. You know, originally planning to be sure and keep up in all your courses, and then planning to have begun studying for your finals a long time ago?"
"Good," calm McCool said, collectedly, "you've got a good start, since you really haven't done either, but certainly meant to. Keeping yourself snowed is important.
"Your next step should be to attempt some melodramatic, last-minute final effort to outline all those chapters you never got to, or to re-type all your notes or something that you won't ever get finished.
"SOME LOFTY AMBITION like this when the pressure is on helps you rationalize to yourself that fact that you're unprepared. You've been considering some last-ditch effort like that, right?"
"Uh. veah but—"
"Fine. Right on schedule. College will be a snap for you. Now, if you haven't done it already, go see your teachers and pester them about your grade. Look real concerned, but don't worry if they don't recognize your face or your name. Remember, they haven't seen you all semester."
"THE NIGHT BEFORE each of your exams, you should really panic," McCool continued. "Hopefully, you'll clutch to the point where you'll stay up all night to study just before the test. This won't help your familiarity with the course enough to be worth it, but it makes you feel like a martyr."
"Martyrdom is a very important aspect of final exams, so don't ever stop feeling oppressed, burdened, or unjustly pressured.
McCool paused, and, as was his trademark, rolled his own cigarette, using pieces of the Western Civ notes.
"At this point, you suddenly find a final examination in your grubby little hands, and you have to punt," McCool said. "New it's a lot easier to punt on an essay test than—no, boy, don't take notes, just listen—an objective test, because you can pad your answers."
"PADDING AN ANSWER is when the exam asks you what time it is, and you proceed in pompous tones to not only tell them how to make the proverbial watch, but you relate a complete history of grandfather clocks made in Switzerland, and a summary of recent activities of the Swiss navy.
"You still haven't answered the question," McCool said, turning up the collar on his windbreaker, "but you may have snowed your instructor a little, so—"
"But what about a test like the Western Civ comprehensive?" interrupted the freshman," where different teachers do the—"
"Speaking of snow." drawled McCool, cooly, "the Western Civ conn is going to lock like a Fresca commercial."
"But how do you know when to punt?"
"WHEN IN DOUBT,' Knute Rockne once said," quoted Blue McCool as he got in his car, "Punt!"
"Are you sure that this is the best way to study for final exams?" asked the freshman.
"I never said it was," yelled Blue McCool over his shoulder as he drove slowly into the Western sunset, "this is just how we do it."
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